GDP (official exchange rate):
$461.3 billion (2010 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
1.6% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 162 −2.7% (2009 est.)
0.8% (2008 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$37,900 (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 27 $37,300 (2009 est.)
$38,400 (2008 est.)
note: data are in 2010 US dollars
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 0.7%
industry: 22.1%
services: 77.2% (2010 est.)
Labor force:
5.02 million (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 74
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 2%
industry: 25%
services: 73% (2007 est.)
Unemployment rate:
8.1% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 92 7.9% (2009 est.)
Population below poverty line:
15.2% (2007 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 3.4%
highest 10%: 28.4% (2006)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
28 (2005) country comparison to the world: 121 28.7 (1996)
Investment (gross fixed):
20.8% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 80
Public debt:
102.5% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 9 101% of GDP (2009 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.3% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 68 0% (2009 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
1.75% (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 113 3% (31 December 2008)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
6.15% (31 December 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 128 7.03% (31 December 2008 est.)
Stock of narrow money:
$172.9 billion (31 December 2010 est) country comparison to the world: 19 $178.7 billion (31 December 2009 est)
note: see entry for the European Union for money supply in the euro area; the European Central Bank (ECB) controls monetary policy for the 16 members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); individual members of the EMU do not control the quantity of money circulating within their own borders
Stock of broad money:
$539.4 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 22 $536.7 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of domestic credit:
$801.1 billion (31 December 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 17 $767.1 billion (31 December 2008 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$261.4 billion (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 26 $167.4 billion (31 December 2008)
$386.4 billion (31 December 2007)
Agriculture - products:
sugar beets, fresh vegetables, fruits, grain, tobacco; beef, veal, pork, milk
Industries:
engineering and metal products, motor vehicle assembly, transportation equipment, scientific instruments, processed food and beverages, chemicals, basic metals, textiles, glass, petroleum
Industrial production growth rate:
4% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 79
Electricity - production:
82.17 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 36
Electricity - consumption:
84.88 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 33
Electricity - exports:
6.561 billion kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity - imports:
17.16 billion kWh (2008 est.)
Oil - production:
11,220 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 82
Oil - consumption:
608,200 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 27
Oil - exports:
433,700 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 31
Oil - imports:
1.12 million bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 16
Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 201
Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 204
Natural gas - consumption:
16.87 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 39
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 57
Natural gas - imports:
16.78 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 14
Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 202
Current account balance:
-$1.129 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 141 $1.251 billion (2009 est.)
Exports:
$279.2 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 16 $261.1 billion (2009 est.)
Exports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, chemicals, finished diamonds, metals and metal products, foodstuffs
Exports - partners:
Germany 19.58%, France 17.71%, Netherlands 11.84%, UK 7.21%, US 5.37%, Italy 4.77% (2009)
Imports:
$281.7 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 17 $261.3 billion (2009 est.)
Imports - commodities:
raw materials, machinery and equipment, chemicals, raw diamonds, pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, transportation equipment, oil products
Imports - partners:
Netherlands 17.93%, Germany 17.14%, France 11.69%, Ireland 6.26%, US 5.74%, UK 5.07%, China 4.09% (2009)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$NA (31 December 2010 est.)
$23.98 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Debt - external:
$1.241 trillion (30 June 2010) country comparison to the